The Most Incredible Candies Hitting Stores Soon

Going to Chicago's Sweets and Snacks Expo is like experiencing Halloween in May. Thousands of people from 90 different countries descend upon a four-acre event space to present their newest candies ... and you don't even have to mumble "trick-or-treat." Every company has its own booth, with sample packs galore. All your favorites are there — Nestle, Mars, Wrigley — and at this year's Expo, those three, plus a handful of other household names, just announced a cool initiative: By 2022, they've vowed to print the calorie information on the front of 90 percent of their packages and will make half of their individually wrapped products less than 200 calories. It's an effort to cut down on America's sugar intake, but we've got even better news: You can ogle these treats through the computer screen calorie-free. Here are the 10 we couldn't stop eating.

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Skittles Sweet Heat

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At first, Skittles spicy rounds taste just like the regular fruity ones. But keep chewing and the heat will kick in. It's super mild and goes away as soon as you reach for another handful ... which you will.

Extra Chewy Mints

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Extra's mints seem exactly like gum when you first pop them in your mouth. Eventually, though, they chew down to nothing, and you can swallow them without worrying that a gum tree will grow in your stomach. They'll be available in two flavors: Polar Ice and Spearmint.

Nestle Buncha Crunch Snack Mix

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This is sort of like the snack mix your mom would never let you have because it's only the sweet stuff — no raisins or cereal. In this pack, you'll find Buncha Crunch, the tiniest Tollhouse cookies you've ever seen, white chocolate chips, and peanut halves that provide the perfect salty balance to all that sugar.

Jelly Belly Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Flavors

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For the first time, Jelly Belly is packaging its Krispy Kreme flavors. They taste so much like the real things, it's insane (albeit a little chewier and they don't smell as nice). You'll want to try all five flavors: original glazed, chocolate, strawberry, blueberry, and apple.

Haribo Gold-Bears Mystery Flavors

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Come December, your favorite gummy bears are launching in new flavors, but they'll only stay on supermarket shelves for a few months. During that time, you can log on to Haribo's site and guess what you're chewing — blueberry? Peach? Bubble gum? Who knows.

Trolli Twisted Sour Brite Crawlers

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These sour licorice bites were so big in Spain, Trolli decided to bring them to the United States. They're launching at the end of the summer, and the packages will hold three flavors: green apple, blue raspberry, and strawberry. They're not overwhelmingly sour, thanks to a sweet, soft berry filling.

Tootsie Roll Mini Bites

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Tootsie Roll is solving its fans' biggest conundrum with this new treat: the fact that the chocolate chews take so long to unwrap. Now, they're packaging 'em naked — AKA without a wrapper. Each piece has a slightly hard outer shell, but the Tootsie Roll you know and love is hiding just underneath.

Reese's Crunchers

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Imagine if a Rice Krispy Treat and a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup had a baby: These clusters would be that. The peanut butter flavor is more subtle than some of Reese's other treats, but this candy is lighter too, thanks to the airy rice crisps. They won an innovation award at the Expo and come in a Cookies 'N' Cream flavor, too.

Peeps Peppermint Bark

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Peeps Delights — the marshmallow chicks dipped in chocolate — launched earlier this year, but come December they're coming out with an often requested flavor: peppermint bark. The minty marshmallow is flecked with crunchy peppermint bits.

Pez Cotton Candy

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Pez isn't launching its Cotton Candy flavor until Valentine's Day of 2019. This'll have to tide you over: The crunchy rectangles taste exactly like the soft, fluffy stuff — but even fruitier than normal.